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  • Azeri FM "Puzzled" Over U.S. Response To Safarov Liberation

    AZERI FM "PUZZLED" OVER U.S. RESPONSE TO SAFAROV LIBERATION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    September 3, 2012 - 21:52 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov had a
    telephone conversation with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William
    Burns, Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said.

    As Mammadyarov noted during a conversation, "Azerbaijan cannot
    understand U.S. reaction over the liberation of Ramil Safarov."

    Earlier, U.S. National Security Council (NSC) Spokesman Tommy Vietor
    commented on Azerbaijan's Decision to Pardon Ramil Safarov.

    "President Barack Obama is deeply concerned by announcement that
    the President of Azerbaijan has pardoned Ramil Safarov following
    his return from Hungary. Safarov confessed to the murder of Armenian
    Army officer Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest in 2004, and was serving a
    life sentence in Hungary for this brutal crime. We are communicating
    to Azerbaijani authorities our disappointment about the decision to
    pardon Safarov. This action is contrary to ongoing efforts to reduce
    regional tensions and promote reconciliation. The United States is
    also requesting an explanation from Hungary regarding its decision
    to transfer Safarov to Azerbaijan."

    Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life
    sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Margaryan,
    was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by Azerbaijani President
    Ilham Aliyev.

    Official Yerevan reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.

    The Department of State, through a formal announcement issued by
    Acting Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell, also took a stand against
    Hungary's extradition and Azerbaijan's pardon, explaining that: "The
    United States is extremely troubled by the news that the President
    of Azerbaijan pardoned Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov, who
    returned to Baku today following his transfer from Hungary. . . . We
    are expressing our deep concern to Azerbaijan regarding this action
    and seeking an explanation. We are also seeking further details from
    Hungary regarding the decision to transfer Mr. Safarov to Azerbaijan."

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